Robotic Missions

Earth Observations

  • TOPEX/Poseidon
  • NSCAT, QuikSCAT, & SeaWinds
  • SPOT
  • SIR-C/X-SAR (space radar)
  • Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)

    • Astronomy from Space

  • Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
  • Chandra Advanced X-ray Astronomical Facility (AXAF)
  • Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (SIRTF)
  • Space Interferometry Mission (SIM)
  • Hipparchos(map the sky)

    • Planetary Missions

  • Voyager(Visit the outer planets)
  • Magellan (Venus radar mapper)
  • Ulysses (Visit the SunŐs poles)
  • Galileo (Explore Jupiter)
  • Clementine (Mapping the Moon)
  • Lunar Prospector (Found Water!)
  • AsiaSat 3 (comsat to the Moon)
  • Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)
  • Near Earth Asteroid Prospector (NEAP)
  • MUSES-C (Asteroid Sample Return)
  • Cassini (Explore Saturn)
  • Deep Space 1 (Ion Propulsion) (Fly to a comet)
  • Stardust(Bring back comet dust)
  • Ice and Fire Preproject (Pluto & the Sun)

    • Mars Missions

  • Mars Exploration Program
  • Mars Pathfinder
  • Mars Global Surveyer
  • Mars Surveyor '98
  • Mars Surveyor 2001
  • Deep Space 2